The legislative districts of Cavite are the representations of the province of Cavite in the various national and local legislatures of the Philippines. At present, the province is represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines by its eight congressional districts, with the districts' representatives being elected every three years. The congressional districts are coextensive with the provincial board districts, where each district is allotted two seats in the Cavite Provincial Board, creating a total of sixteen elective seats in the legislature.
History Cavite initially comprised a single district in 1898, when it elected four representatives to the Malolos Congress that lasted until 1899. The district was recreated in 1907 for the Philippine Assembly, this time electing one representative at-large. When seats for the upper house of the Philippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935, the province formed part of the fifth senatorial district which elected two out of the 24-member senate.
In the disruption caused by the Second World War, two delegates represented the province in the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored Second Philippine Republic: one was the provincial governor (an ex officio member), while the other was elected through a provincial assembly of KALIBAPI members during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Cavite City, being a chartered city, was represented separately in this short-lived legislative body. Tagaytay, the province's other chartered city, was placed under provincial jurisdiction during the war and was not represented separately. Upon the restoration of the Philippine Commonwealth in 1945, the province and its two cities reverted to the pre-war lone district representation.
The province was represented in the Interim Batasang Pambansa as part of Region IV-A from 1978 to 1984, and returned three representatives, elected at large, to the Regular Batasang Pambansa in 1984. Cavite was reapportioned into three congressional districts under the new Constitution which was proclaimed on February 11, 1987, and elected members to the restored House of Representatives starting that same year.
The passage of Republic Act No. 9727 on October 22, 2009, increased the number of the province's representatives from three to seven, starting in the 2010 elections. However, the conversion of Dasmariñas into a city has resulted in an additional legal name for the fourth district, which became the Lone District of Dasmariñas after the ratification of Republic Act No. 9723 on November 25, 2009.
Meanwhile, despite the conversion of Bacoor and Imus into cities in 2012, their charters explicitly indicate the retention of their numerical designations as the second and third districts of the province.
Republic Act No. 11069, signed into law on September 17, 2018, reapportioned Cavite into eight legislative districts — the most for any province — by creating a separate legislative district for the newly converted city of General Trias. This effectively supersedes RA No. 9723 and confirms the sole legal designation of the congressional district of Dasmariñas as the fourth district of Cavite.
Current congressional districts The province's current congressional delegation composes of six members of the National Unity Party, one member of Lakas–CMD and one member of the Nationalist People's Coalition.
+Legislative districts and representatives of CaviteDistrictCurrent RepresentativeConstituent LGUsPopulation (2024)AreaMapImageNameParty1stJolo Revilla(since 2022)RosarioNUP 380,048 88.34 km2 2ndLani Mercado(since 2022)BacoorLakas 661,381 46.17 km2 3rd Adrian Jay Advincula(since 2022)ImusNUP 481,94964.70 km2 4th Jenny Barzaga(since 2026)DasmariñasNUP 744,51190.13 km2 5th Roy Loyola(since 2022)CarmonaNPC 602,212245.61 km2 6th Antonio Ferrer(since 2022)General Trias NUP 482,45381.46 km2 7th Crispin Diego Remulla(since 2023)Indang NUP 681,482251.75 km2 8th Aniela Tolentino(since 2022)Tagaytay NUP 538,308558.1 km2
Historical districts Lone congressional district (1898–1986)
Period Representative Constituents Malolos Congress1898–1899 Severino de las Alas Cavite José Basa Hugo Ilagan José Salamanca 1st Philippine Legislature1907–1909 Rafael V. Palma 2nd Philippine Legislature1909–1912 Emiliano Tría Tirona 3rd Philippine Legislature1912–1916 Florentino Joya 4th Philippine Legislature1916–1919 Emiliano Tría Tirona 5th Philippine Legislature1919–1922 Emilio F. Virata 6th Philippine Legislature1922–1925 Pedro P. Espiritu 7th Philippine Legislature1925–1928 Augusto A. Reyes Antero S. Soriano 8th Philippine Legislature1928–1931 Fidel Ibañez 9th Philippine Legislature1931–1934 Emiliano Tría Tirona 10th Philippine Legislature1934–1935 Francisco Arca 1st National Assembly1935–1938 Justiniano S. Montano 2nd National Assembly1938–1941 Manuel S. Rojas National Assembly1943–1944 Emiliano Tría Tirona Cavite (except Cavite City) Luis Y. Ferrer (ex officio) 1st Commonwealth Congress1945 Justiniano S. Montano Cavite 1st Congress1946–1949 2nd Congress1949–1953 Manuel S. Rojas 3rd Congress1953–1957 Jose T. Cajulis 4th Congress1957–1961 Justiniano S. Montano 5th Congress1961–1965 6th Congress1965–1969 7th Congress1969–1972 Regular Batasang Pambansa1984–1986 Helena Zoila T. Benitez Renato P. Dragon Cesar E.A. Virata
See also Legislative district of Cavite City Legislative district of Dasmariñas
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